The Baton Rouge Academy, an institution sponsored by the Fourth District Missionary Baptist Association of Louisiana for black boys and girls. In 1892, a suggestion was made that the Fourth District Association purchase a tract of land for...

Cookery--Study and teaching--Louisiana; Home economics centers; Home economics students--Louisiana--Baton Rouge

The girl's Industrial department generally produced more graduates [with the exception of the high school and grammar school sections of the school], the Cooking department from its beginning experienced rapid growth. The feasibility of a cooking...

[Academic Building]. Built around 1917. Location: Was located on what is now Netterville Drive, east of the Mississippi River, adjacent to the old Administration Building. Purpose: During the early years, up through the 80s, it was a multipurpose...

Leland University owes its existence to the wise forethought and broad generosity of Holbrook Chamberlain, a resident of Brooklyn, New York. Chamberlain came to New Orleans for the purpose of establishing an institution of higher learning for...

Color photograph of Enitra Jones. The 74th "Miss Southern" a senior biology major with a minor in chemistry from Gretna, Louisiana. A member of the Southern University honors college (Beta Beta Beta), president of Beta Kappa chi, president of the...

Color photograph of Sharika King. The 75th "Miss Southern" 4.0-grade point average biology major from Alexandria, Louisiana. A member of the Rotorac club, the Tri-Beta science club, and a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. She was also...